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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Dr. Esther Newman-Cohen

Piangete, ohimè piangete

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Piangete, ohime piangete,
Anime innamorate,
E soccorso e pietate,
Sospirando, piangendo, altrui chiedete.

Quando s'adira belta serena,
Chi non sospira indarno spera.
Chi non piange, d'amar non si dia vanto.
E foco amor, e lo sostiene il pianto.

Languite, ohime languite, 
O seguarci d'Amore!
Il tormento, il dolore
Né sospiri, né pianti altrui ridete.

Se d'ira è pieno un bel sembiante,
Chi non vien meno è falso amante.

Chi non piange, d'amar non si dia vanto.
Conosce Amor i suoi seguaci al pianto.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Gian Giacomo Carissimi (1604? - 1674), "Piangete, ohimè piangete", cantata [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Dr. Esther Newman-Cohen) , title 1: "Weep, alas, weep", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Pleurez, hélas pleurez", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

Weep, alas, weep

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Weep, alas, weep,
Souls that are in love.
And by sighing and weeping
ask of others comfort and pity.
 
When a serene beauty becomes angry
He who does not sigh hopes in vain.
He who does not weep cannot boast of having loved.
Love is a fire and weeping sustains it.
 
Languish, alas, languish,
O disciples of Love.
Do not laugh at the torment, the pain,
nor sighs, nor tears of others.

If a beautiful face is full of anger
anyone who is not weakened is a false lover

He who does not weep 
cannot boast of having loved.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2014-11-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 99